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Installation<\/h1>\n\n\n

This page walks through every install scenario for the Best Classifieds theme and Pro plugin \u2014 fresh install, migrating from another classifieds theme, multi-site, and licensing setup.<\/p>\n\n

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Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Component<\/th>\nMinimum<\/th>\nRecommended<\/th>\n<\/tr><\/thead>
WordPress<\/td>\n6.0<\/td>\n6.4 or newer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PHP<\/td>\n7.4<\/td>\n8.1+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MySQL \/ MariaDB<\/td>\n5.6 \/ 10.1<\/td>\n8.0 \/ 10.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HTTPS<\/td>\nRequired for Stripe\/Razorpay<\/td>\nAlways<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory limit<\/td>\n128 MB<\/td>\n256 MB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Permalinks<\/td>\nPretty (\/%postname%\/<\/code>)<\/td>\nPretty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n

Best Classifieds is not block-theme-only<\/strong> \u2014 it works on classic and hybrid setups. It does not require WooCommerce, BuddyPress, or any other plugin to function.<\/p>\n\n

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Architecture overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n \n Best Classifieds<\/text>\n (free theme)<\/text>\n listings, hero, footer, search<\/text>\n\n \n Best Classifieds Pro<\/text>\n (licensed plugin)<\/text>\n submission, payments, dashboard<\/text>\n\n \n WOW Feeder<\/text>\n (optional)<\/text>\n demo content + images<\/text>\n\n \n \n\n \n WordPress core<\/text>\n posts \u2192 become listings \u00b7 taxonomy \u2192 categories \u00b7 users \u2192 members \u00b7 postmeta \u2192 price\/location\/etc.<\/text>\n\n \n \n \n<\/svg>\n\n\n

The free theme stores listings as standard WordPress posts<\/strong> under a “Listings” parent category. Pro adds richer fields, frontend submission, payments, and (optionally) a custom listing<\/code> post type. WordPress remains in charge \u2014 your data is portable to any other theme if you ever move.<\/p>\n\n

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Installing the theme<\/h2>\n\n\n

Method A \u2014 WordPress admin upload (recommended)<\/h3>\n\n\n
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  1. Appearance \u2192 Themes \u2192 Add New \u2192 Upload Theme<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Select best-classifieds.zip<\/code><\/li>\n
  3. Install Now<\/strong> \u2192 Activate<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n

    Method B \u2014 SFTP<\/h3>\n\n\n
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    1. Unzip best-classifieds.zip<\/code> locally<\/li>\n
    2. Upload the best-classifieds\/<\/code> folder to \/wp-content\/themes\/<\/code><\/li>\n
    3. Appearance \u2192 Themes<\/strong> \u2192 click Activate on Best Classifieds<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n

      Method C \u2014 WP-CLI<\/h3>\n\n\n
      wp theme install \/path\/to\/best-classifieds.zip --activate<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n
      After activation, WordPress sets sensible defaults via after_setup_theme<\/code>. You’ll see a dashboard notice prompting you to import demo content \u2014 that’s the WOW Feeder cue.<\/p>\n\n
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      Installing Best Classifieds Pro [Pro]<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n
      The Pro plugin extends the theme. Install order: theme first, then plugin<\/strong>. Activating Pro before the theme will surface a notice and refuse to bootstrap until the theme is active.<\/p>\n\n\n
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      1. Plugins \u2192 Add New \u2192 Upload Plugin<\/strong><\/li>\n
      2. Select best-classifieds-pro.zip<\/code><\/li>\n
      3. Install Now<\/strong> \u2192 Activate<\/strong><\/li>\n
      4. You’ll be redirected to the Classifieds Pro dashboard with a “Activate your license” banner<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
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        License activation [Pro]<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n
        Your license unlocks Pro features and enables auto-updates from FasterThemes.<\/p>\n\n\n
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        1. Appearance \u2192 BC Pro License<\/strong><\/li>\n
        2. Paste the license key from your purchase email \u2014 it looks like KB1Q7AQGSQRRUJE4TS0Q7JY1L<\/code><\/li>\n
        3. Click Activate License<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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